In September we were called to a house where a mother hedgehog had made a nest and given birth to 4 hoglets. Whilst cleaning his car, a guy opened his garage door, in those few seconds mum crawled in and made a nest in a spare wheel cover. Two days later she was accidentally disturbed…
Willow has been with us for a few weeks now, we rescued him from a life of neglect and cruelty, we didn’t want to commit to yet another mouth to feed, but we had to find space for him somehow. Willow, a male Welsh Pony has been very ill-treated, he has scares from being hit by his former keeper. Despite being horribly…
Many months ago we took in a beautiful hare, after weeks of bottle feeding, she started to eat solids. Eating on her own was such a relief for us, as she soon started to pile on the weight and it was an end to hours of bottle feeding, not easy when we both work for a living! Rearing baby…
This beautiful male Partridge was brought to us by staff at the City Hospital Nottingham. He lived with his partner in the hospital grounds, but had received an injury to his wing, breaking it. The break was on a joint, so we didn’t have too much hope that we’d be able to release him back…
This was mum with her remaining 4 ducklings back in July. Mum makes a nest and hatches her young each year on the roof of the QMC Hospital, unfortunately this year she and her duckings walked over a newly sealed roof and were covered in sealant. Mum and the surviving 4 duckings were brought to us, very…
Earlier this week we fetched 50 commercial ducks from Worcestershire, that were off for slaughter, these have been factory farmed for their eggs, now at the end of their commercial life they were off for meat. We have been unable to save over 5,000 that have gone to the slaughter house, but at least these girls…
We have just taken on Joe the Ram, he is a young and friendly entire Ram. He is now sharing a field with 5 turkeys, 2 goats and 2 ponies. He greets us every day, patiently waiting for us. In the next few weeks we can get him castrated, he can then join our other…
We didn’t dare think about Tommy’s destiny, when we heard about his story, although we simply have no room, we just had to save him and take him in. Trading Standards in Coventry were involved in Tommy’s rescue, this sweet, friendly chap was found living in squaller behind a butchers shop, living amongst rubbish. He is…
We have rescued another 150 hens, these were part of 20,000 birds going for slaughter, it would have perfect to rescued them all, but at least 150 will find life-long loving homes. These are barn hens, just like caged and free range hens, at the end of their commercial life they are sent for slaughter to become pet food…
